Psalms 142:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶשְׁפֹּ֣ךְ לְפָנָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י צָ֝רָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֥יו אַגִּֽיד׃

Transliteration

ʾEšpōk before pānāyw śîḥî; ṣārātî before pānāyw ʾaggîd.

Grammar Details

*ʾEšpōk*: 1st person singular imperfect, qal - I pour out
*lĕ*: preposition - to/before
*pānāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
*śîḥî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my complaint/meditation
*ṣārātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my distress/trouble
*ʾaggîd*: 1st person singular imperfect, hiphil - I declare/tell

Word Meanings

*ʾEšpōk*: I pour out/I lay out
*śîḥî*: my complaint/my meditation/my concern/my prayer
*ṣārātî*: my distress/my trouble/my affliction
*ʾaggîd*: I declare/I tell/I make known

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Matt 22:15 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in [his] talk.
Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled. 34 And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
Ps 31:4 : 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542}
Ps 102:4 : 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
Ps 139:2-4 : 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Ps 139:1-5
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1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
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2I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble.
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76%
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Ps 18:36
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Ps 18:5
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Job 14:16
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16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
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Ps 31:4
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Lam 1:21
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Jer 17:16
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